General ⇒ Help on \subtable

[chandangiri]

Hi.. I am using \subtable in document..and set the label appropriately. But When I am refering that subtable using \ref{label of subtable } and after compilation the table number is showing one less than the actual table number.. Can u be plz help regarding that?

[localghost]

You have to post more information. It would be good to have the code that generates the (sub)table and the related references. The best way is to provide a minimal working example (MWE) to understand what's going wrong.

[chandangiri]

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{subfigure}

\begin{document}
\section{Section title}

\begin{table}[h!]
\centering
\subtable[]{
\tiny
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline
a&b&c\\
d&e&f\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:chapter4:1a}
}
\subtable[]{
\tiny
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline
g&h&i\\
j&k&l\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:chapter4:1b}
}
\subtable[]{
\tiny
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline
m&n&o\\
p&q&r\\\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab:chapter4:1c}
}
\caption{Testing}
\label{tab:chapter4:1}
\end{table}

Here the tables are Table \ref{tab:chapter4:1}, \ref{tab:chapter4:1a}, \ref{tab:chapter4:1b} and \ref{tab:chapter4:1c}.
\end{document}

This is the example I have tried.. It is not giving correctly the subtable numbers. It is showing one less than the actual number.

[localghost]

At first, let me remark that the subfigure package is obsolete and should be replaced by the subfig package, which is also more consistent with the caption package. As far is I remember, the labels for the subtables have to be put into the optional arguments for their captions. There are two possible solutions.

1. The simple one is to replace the \ref command for the subtables by the \subref command. For total reference you can use a combination of both.

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   Here the tables is Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1} with its subtables \subref{tab:chapter4:1a}, \subref{tab:chapter4:1b} and \subref{tab:chapter4:1c}. The Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1}\subref{tab:chapter4:1a} is a subtable of Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1}

2. The better one is to change to the subfig package and modify the code. The changes are only marginal, so the code looks like the one you provided.

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   \documentclass[12pt,BCOR13mm,DIV15]{scrartcl}  % KOMA Script article class
   \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
   \usepackage[english]{babel}
   \usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf]{caption}
   \usepackage[font=footnotesize]{subfig}
   
   \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
   
   \begin{document}
   \section{Section title}
   
   \begin{table}[!ht]
     \centering
     \subfloat[First Subtable\label{tab:chapter4:1a}]{
       \tiny
       \centering
       \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline
         a&b&c\\
         d&e&f\\\hline
       \end{tabular}
     }
     \subfloat[Second Subtable\label{tab:chapter4:1b}]{
       \tiny
       \centering
       \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline
         g&h&i\\
         j&k&l\\\hline
       \end{tabular}
     }
     \subfloat[Third Subtable\label{tab:chapter4:1c}]{
       \tiny
       \centering
       \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hline
         m&n&o\\
         p&q&r\\\hline
       \end{tabular}
     }
     \caption{Testing}\label{tab:chapter4:1}
   \end{table}
   
   Here the tables are Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1}, \ref{tab:chapter4:1a}, \ref{tab:chapter4:1b} and \ref{tab:chapter4:1c}. The Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1}\subref{tab:chapter4:1a} is a subtable of Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1}. Table~\ref{tab:chapter4:1} has also the two other subtables \ref{tab:chapter4:1}\subref*{tab:chapter4:1b} and \ref{tab:chapter4:1}\subref{tab:chapter4:1c}
   \end{document}

You can see how the subtables are referenced and test what's matching your ideas. For more information about labelling and referencing the subfloats please refer to the documentation of the subfig package.

[chandangiri]

It is working fine.. but will it also work for subfigures?

[chandangiri]

If the tables are large table (i.e not fit within the page width) then also tables are put side by side. So how the tables can be put one after another automatically in this case. If the Tables are small then again it sholud be fitted within one row.

[localghost]

It is working fine.. but will it also work for subfigures?

Now let me think … hm … Of course it works with figures! What did you think? I already recommended to take look at the documentation. That's what these papers are made for. (Sorry if I hit the wrong note.)

If the tables are large table (i.e not fit within the page width) then also tables are put side by side. So how the tables can be put one after another automatically in this case. If the Tables are small then again it should be fitted within one row.

I guess you are meaning that only one single table fits the linewidth. You can add a line break command to force the right placement.

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\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \subfloat[First Subfloat\label{subtab-1:table}{
    …
  }\\                                                %<<<< here is the line break
  \subfloat[Second Subfloat\label{subtab-2:table}{
    …
  }
  \caption{Table}\label{tab:table}
\end{table}